James Richard Gammon (April 20, 1940 – July 16, 2010) was an American actor, known for his roles as team manager Lou Brown in the films Major League and Major League II (fictionalized version of the Cleveland Indians), and retired longshoreman Nick Bridges, Nash's father, on the CBS crime drama Nash Bridges.

Filmography

• 2009In the Electric Mist — Ben Hebert
• 2009Otis E. — The Sheriff
• 2009The New Daughter — Roger Wayne
• 2008Appaloosa — Earl May
• 2007Jesse Stone: Sea Change — Bob
• 2007The Final Season — Jared Akers
• 2006Altered — Sheriff Henderson
• 2006The Far Side of Jericho — The Preacher
• 2006The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance — Narrator
• 2006What I Did for Love — Karl Ryder
• 2005Don't Come Knocking — Old Ranch Hand
• Grey's Anatomy — Mr. Scofield
• LAX — Bill Barkley
• 2004Paradise — Old Cowboy
• 2004Silver City — Sheriff Joe Skaggs
• 2003Cold Mountain — Esco Swanger
• 2003Monte Walsh — Fighting Joe Hooker / Albert Miller
• Fillmore!
• 2002Life or Something Like It — Pat Kerrigan
• Monk — Oates
• 2002The Country Bears — Big Al (voice)
• Crossing Jordan — Olin Price
• 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life — Teddy Roosevelt
• 2000The Cell — Teddy Lee
• 1999One Man's Hero — General Zachary Taylor
• 1999The Iron Giant — Foreman Marv Loach / Floyd Turbeaux (voice)
• 1999You Know My Name — Real Arkansas Tom
• 1998Logan's War: Bound by Honor — Ben
• 1998Love from Ground Zero — Hat
• 1998Point Blank — Dad
• 1998The Hi-Lo Country — Hoover Young
• 1998The Man in the Iron Mask — Commandant
• 1997The Apostle — Brother Edwards (uncredited)
• 1997Traveller — Double D
• Nash Bridges — Nick Bridges
• 1996Two Mothers for Zachary — Chalmer
• Streets of Laredo — Charles Goodnight
• 1995Truman — Sam Rayburn
• 1995Wild Bill — California Joe
• 1994Cabin Boy — Paps
• 1994Hard Vice — Bronski
• 1994Major League II — Lou Brown
• 1994Natural Born Killers — Redneck's Buddy in Diner
• 1994Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition — Al
• 1994Wyatt Earp — Mr. Sutherland
• 1993Men Don't Tell — Jack MacAffrey
• 1993Running Cool — Ironbutt Garrett
• 1993The Adventures of Huck Finn — Deputy Hines
• 1992CrissCross — Emmett
• 1992Leaving Normal — Walt
• Middle Ages — Dave
• 1991Conagher
• 1991Stranger at My Door — Sheriff Bitterman
• Bagdad Cafe — Rudy
• 1990Coupe de Ville — Dr. Sturgeon The Cadillac Surgeon
• 1990I Love You to Death — Lt. Larry Schooner
• 1990Revenge — Texan
• 1989Major League — Lou Brown
• 1989Roe vs. Wade — Jimmy Russell
• Lincoln — Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
• 1988The Milagro Beanfield War — Horsethief Shorty
• 1987Ironweed — Reverend Chester
• 1987Laguna Heat — Grimes
• 1987Made in Heaven — Steve Shea
• 1987Stacking — Clate Connaloe
• 1986Hard Traveling — Sgt. Slattery
• L.A. Law — Thomas Quinn, Rev. Joseph Halliday
• 1985Father of Hell Town — Lt. Raymond Tracy
• 1985Noon Wine — Sheriff
• 1985Silver Bullet — Arnie Westrum
• 1985Silverado — Dawson
• 1985Sylvester — Steve
• The Equalizer — Michael Cub
• The Long Hot Summer — Billy Quick
• 1985Vision Quest — Kuch's Dad
• Murder, She Wrote — Billy Don Baker
• The Master — Mr. Daniels
• 1983M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers — Willard Kohler
• 1983The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez — Sheriff Frank Fly
• 1983Women of San Quentin — Officer
• American Playhouse — Sheriff Frank Fly, Clate Connaloe
• Cagney & Lacey
• 1982Deadly Encounter — Frank Kitchens
• 1981Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill — Capt. Jake Jacqualone
• 1980Any Which Way You Can — Bartender
• 1980Below the Belt — Luke
• 1980It's My Turn — Connie Foxworth (uncredited)
• 1980On the Nickel — Peanut John
• 1980Rage! — Joe Dean
• 1980Urban Cowboy — Steve Strange
• The Sacketts — Wes Bigelow
• Kaz
• 1977Black Oak Conspiracy — Deputy Bullard
• Code R — Dillard
• 1977The Greatest — Mr. Harry
• 1976Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw — Leather Salesman
• Charlie's Angels — Billy, Gates
• 1976The Pom Pom Girls — Coach
• 1976The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West — Roy, Hired Hand
• 1975The Kansas City Massacre — Garth
• 1975The Wild McCullochs — 1st Police Officer
• 1974Hard Day at Blue Nose
• 1974Macon County Line — Elisha Gibbons
• Petrocelli — Harry
• 1974The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One — Alex Denton
• 1974Zandy's Bride — Man in Gunfight (uncredited)
• 1972Cry for Me, Billy — Amos
• Kung Fu — Jake
• The Streets of San Francisco
• The Waltons — Zack Rosswell
• Cannon — Lt. Keely
• 1971Macho Callahan — Cowboy
• 1970A Man Called Horse — Ed
• 1968Journey to Shiloh — Tellis Yeager
• Lancer
• 1967Cool Hand Luke — Sleepy
• The High Chaparral — Lafe
• The Invaders — Hal
• Batman — Osiris
• Felony Squad
• The Monroes
• The Road West
• The F.B.I. — Ben McCann, Cauldwell
• The Virginian — Cal Mason
• Bonanza — Harry Jeffers
• Gunsmoke — Arnie Jeffords, Dudley

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2008Nick Nolte: No Exit — Self
• 2003This So-Called Disaster — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)